Author: Melinda Butterfield

Oppressed genders

A trans woman reflects on International Women’s Day

March 8, 2024 Melinda Butterfield
Two weeks ago, I had a gender-affirming surgery called an orchiectomy (google it if you’re curious). It’s rude and not a good idea for cisgender people to ask trans people, “Have you had x, y, […]
Oppressed genders

Which side are you on? Far-right deepens threats to trans lives, Biden stays silent

January 27, 2024 Melinda Butterfield
You can’t use a restroom in a public building, your school, or the airport without facing jail or violence. The medication you rely on to stay alive is suddenly denied you.  You fear arrest for […]
Palestine

Hands off Yemen! U.S.-British airstrikes support Gaza genocide

January 14, 2024 Melinda Butterfield
 On orders of President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, the U.S. and Britain bombed Yemen, the poorest country in the Middle East, on the night of Jan. 11, in violation of international […]
U.S. / NATO war

‘We focus on the liberation movement of Donbass and Ukrainian exiles’

December 20, 2023 Melinda Butterfield
 Presentation given at the Socialist Unity Party national plenum on Dec. 16, 2023. As we approach the two-year anniversary of the open military conflict between the U.S./NATO/Ukraine and Russia, it’s clear that the war […]
In the U.S.

The fight for trans lives and building an anti-fascist front

December 20, 2023 Melinda Butterfield
 Excerpts from a presentation at the Socialist Unity Party national plenum on Dec. 16, 2023. It’s no exaggeration to say that the Oct. 7 National March to Protect Trans Youth was a milestone event […]
Palestine

Queers for Palestine march in New York

November 16, 2023 Melinda Butterfield
Thousands of people joined a Queers for Palestine march in New York City on Nov. 12. The crowd was young, militant, and angry about the deluge of Israeli pinkwashing aimed at the LGBTQ+ community in […]
No Picture
Palestine

Trans activist urges: All out for Palestine!

October 13, 2023 Melinda Butterfield
[su_row][su_column size=”1/2″ center=”no” class=”] [/su_column][su_column size=”1/2″ center=”no” class=”] [/su_column][/su_row]  Oct. 13 – Palestinians in Gaza are facing genocide. Now, today. Anti-Semitic conspiracy theorists claim that Israel controls the U.S. government. Just the opposite is […]
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Melinda Butterfield: ‘Trans people will continue to resist’

October 12, 2023 Melinda Butterfield
[su_row][su_column size=”1/2″ center=”no” class=”] [/su_column][su_column size=”1/2″ center=”no” class=”]   [/su_column][/su_row] Talk given by Melinda Butterfield at the Oct. 7 National March to Protect Trans Youth in Orlando, Florida. Butterfield is a member of Women in […]
LGBTQ+

New York: Queer Liberation March defends trans lives

June 29, 2023 Melinda Butterfield
Thousands of people flooded the streets of lower Manhattan on Pride Sunday, June 25, for the fifth annual Queer Liberation March. This year’s theme was “Trans and Queer, Forever Here,” in defiance of the more […]
Cuba

A trans person reflects on Cuba and Florida: 90 miles and a world apart

June 15, 2023 Melinda Butterfield
 Returning from 12 days in Cuba in mid-May, I spent an uncomfortably long six-hour layover at the Miami airport, waiting for my connecting flight to New York. It wasn’t uncomfortable just because of the […]